Also known as “Connor's Mom”, you’ll recognize my guest today from the wildly popular Netflix show "Love on the Spectrum", where her and her family share their lives, primarily her son Connor's, as he navigates life on the spectrum.

Lise Smith opens up about parenting a child on the spectrum, what that was like when he was young and what it’s like now that he’s a young man. She shares all the signs that were there and how her husband and doctor dismissed her concerns at the time, saying that she was over-reacting.

How has the Netflix show changed their lives? And she shares how Connor has dealt with the introduction of dating into his life.

You can watch Lise & Connor's story on Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum" Season 2

Follow Lise on Instagram: @smithinson8

Follow Connor on Instagram: @connortomlinson5

Follow Connor on TikTok:
@connortomlinson5

If you’re listening to this podcast, I'm pretty sure you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing on September 11, 2001. 9/11 - The day that not just the United States, but the entire world was changed forever.

Brian Clark had as close as an encounter as one could have on the historical day of September 11, 2001. He was on the 84th floor of the South tower of the World Trade Center when it was hit by an airplane in what would be known as the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

He was one of the lucky ones that day, one of only 18 people to escape from within or above where the plane struck.

Brian is here to share his experience from that day, 23 years later. He walks us through the events on the day leading up to the attack, what he thought when the first tower was hit and when he knew that this was an act of terror and not an accident.

Brian shares the choices and decisions he had to make that followed his tower being hit that led him safely down 84 flights of stairs and also the mysterious new found friend he would find along the way

What an honor and privilege it was to sit down with Brian and hear his story and be able to now share will all of you.

Canadian born, Nashville living country artist MacKenzie Porter is my guest today and she's here to share all about her new album AND her new baby but she’s also got a pretty amazing story of how she got where she is today.

From a cattle ranch in Alberta, Canada to Nashville, TN, MacKenzie always had a love for music, but had to balance that with another love of she had, acting MacKenzie shares what made her move to Nashville and what it was like to uproot her entire life and move to a city on her own. How did she landed a record deal with Big Machine Records? And what's her advice for someone else trying to pursue the same sort dream?

MacKenzie also shares the story of how her chart topping duet with Dustin Lynch came to be and how a “follow back’ on instagram was the first clue it was happening.

Life looks different these days since becoming a Mom and MacKenzie shares what it's been like being a musician and a Mom.

She has a new 19 song album she's currently touring, check out her website for all the details: https://mackenzieporter.com

New Album "Nobody's Born With A Broken Heart":
https://mackenzieporter.lnk.to/NBWABH

Follow MacKenzie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mackenziepmusic

You’ve read the headlines, you’ve watched the show. But what’s really going on behind the scenes?

Savannah Chrisley is here to set the record straight and to share her and her parents story.

In 2022 her parents, Todd & Julie Chrisley were sentenced to federal prison for crimes she says were fabricated.

We talk about the events that led up to their charges and conviction and Savannah explains the mistakes that were made and the injustice that was woven through the entire trial.

We also get into her love life and what that’s like while raising her siblings.

I hope you listen to this episode with an open mind and open heart and with the understanding that celebrities are real people too and deserve your understanding.

You can find Savannah on Instagram: @savannahchrisley
and her podcast "UNLOCKED with Savannah Chrisley" wherever you listen to podcasts or watch it here:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGQhpHm9WJh6jf_yf185nUtCd9e1eL0Dq&si=cNdlqoZ7otSpyhag

We pick back up for part 2 of my conversation with Steven Allen Youngat the point in Steven's life where he has just been released from prison and, after exhausting all his options for a place to live he finds himself homeless, living out of his car and on the streets of Nashville.

We hear about what that looked like for him, what he endured and the blessing of a man named Mike who was instrumental in getting him off the streets.

Steven's story takes a turn that you just have to hear to believe, from being homeless himself to now helping the homeless each and every day.

I can’t wait for you to hear how this turns out.

To learn more about Home Street Home you can follow Steven on Instagram @homestreethome_tn

Have you ever passed a homeless person on the street and thought to yourself, how did they get here? Have you ever passed judgment and thought, “that would never happen to me?” Or assumed it was their own fault they ended up in this situation?
Or maybe you’ve thought the problem was too big and that nothing you were going to do would solve it.

Our guest today is here to share his remarkable story of a tragic childhood that spun him into a life of bad choices. Those bad choices led him to prison and then eventually onto the streets where he found himself homeless for 5 years on the streets of Nashville.

Spoiler alert: Steven is now a best selling author of his book ‘FROM CHAINS TO CHANGE’ and is the co-founder of HOME STREET HOME - a Nashville organization that helps the homeless community with their everyday needs like shelter, food and toiletries but also with the ultimate goal of getting them back on their feet.

Our conversation was packed with so much emotion and inspirations I just couldn’t imagine editing anything out.

This is part one of my conversation with Steven Allen Young.

To learn more about Home Street Home you can follow Steven on Instagram: @homestreethome_tn

Our guest today has been working as a plastic surgery nurse and non-surgical cosmetic nurse for the past 20 years. She is also a national speaker and trainer for Allergan, the manufacturer of Botox.

Keri Lea, also known as “The Nashville Beauty Girl” has developed her niche in face balancing using non-surgical modalities and is here today to share all her tips and tricks with us.

Keri shares her favorite things to do on her clients to keep them feeling their best. We talk about topicals, injectables, lasers and her specific recommendations to treat concerns like wrinkles, skin sagging, brown spots and more. I ask her about skin care and what we can buy at the drugstore if medical grade skin care is not in the budget.

If you’ve ever thought you might like to try something but just feel overwhelmed by it all I know you’re going to find this episode helpful.

You can follow Keri for more insight on Instagram @thenashvillebeautygirl

To book a consult or appt with Keri please reach out to Hatef Aesthetics at 615-678-6273 @hatefaesthetics on Instagram

Are your kids getting ready to leave for college? Are you trying to manage all the emotions that come with that but still not feeling ready? What does life look like when they go? How do we set up a great foundation so that our relationship with them stays strong even when they aren’t under our roof?

Suzanne Mayernick knows a thing or two about raising kids and maintaining a solid relationship with them once they leave for school and beyond. We discuss all the feelings leading up to the oldest leaving and she offers a great perspective on how to look at it.

Suzanne also tells us about her 9th “child”, her passion project Love One International, a center in Uganda that receives, rehabilitates and resettles malnourished children.

We talk about marriage and how it ebbs and flows through raising kids and the importance of making sure you still know (and like) the person you married beyond having kids.

I can’t wait for you to listen as I know so many of you are gearing up to send your kids off to school this year.

Suzannes story will leave you feeling inspired, hopeful and with some great ideas to utilize with your own kids.

You can follow Suzanne on Instagram @suzannemayernick

You can follow Love One International on Instagram @loveoneint

Love One website https://www.loveoneinternational.org